Santa Clara voters will go to the polls in less than six weeks to decide on a ballot measure to build a $937 million stadium in what is now the Great America parking lot area. It's no accident that this announcement from the NFL comes not barely a month before that election.

NFL Super Bowl Advisory Committee said in a press release, reprinted in full in the San Jose Merc, that it "has notified the San Francisco 49ers that it supports the plan to build a new stadium in Santa Clara and will support and encourage a Super Bowl bid for a game to be played in the proposed new stadium."

49ers Show Softer Side in New Calendar

Wait, is there fine print or devils in details here? Notice the phrase "encourage a Super Bowl bid". That doesn't mean anything.